50 Years of Moore's Law

Fifty years ago this month, Gordon Moore forecast a bright future for electronics. His ideas were later distilled into a single organizing principle—Moore’s Law—that has driven technology forward at a staggering clip. We have all benefited from this miraculous development, which has forcefully shaped our modern world.

IEEE Spectrum as a special report on the anniversary: “The glorious history and inevitable decline of one of technology’s greatest winning streaks.”